On 2 October 2012 08:04, Ruslan Mahmatkhanov <cvs-...@yandex.ru> wrote: > Dmitry Sivachenko wrote on 26.09.2012 13:14: >> >> On 26.09.2012 13:07, Ruslan Mahmatkhanov wrote: >> >>> Chris Rees wrote on 26.09.2012 13:03: >>>> >>>> On 26 Sep 2012 08:13, "Dmitry Sivachenko" <de...@freebsd.org> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Hello! >>>>> >>>>> It is common to have both python-2 and python-3 packages installed. >>>>> To help transition it is convenient to have bin/python to point to >>>> >>>> python-2 binary. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Now for every X in python3X we have a bin/python3.X binary. >>>>> >>>>> So for every new python3.X release one should change shebang line in >>>> >>>> scripts. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I propose to tweak python3X ports so they create bin/python3 symlink >>>> >>>> pointing to the installed python3.X binary so that people can always use >>>> 'python3' name. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> What do you think? >>>> >>>> >>>> I think it's a great idea, at least minimising weird breakage when >>>> python >>>> is updated. >>>> >>>> Have you a patch? Also, what do other OSes do? >>>> >> >> >> I don't have a patch but I can make one if you like. >> I don't use other OSes so I have no idea what do they do with that >> problem and I don't see any reason why should we bother... > > > I just realized there is such a document: > http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0394/ > > According to it: > > python2 will refer to some version of Python 2.x > python3 will refer to some version of Python 3.x > python should refer to the same target as python2 but may refer to python3 > on some bleeding edge distributions > > And it has full details about all the symlinks etc. So it's not just > linuces. I'd read it before preparing the patch.
Random thought: can we make 'python', 'python2', and 'python3' a simple C wrapper (you can't use a shell script because an interpreter can't be interpreted) that selects the correct version instead of a symlink? -- Eitan Adler _______________________________________________ freebsd-python@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-python To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-python-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
